The Julian Alps are everything a ski vacation in Europe should be: a dramatic alpine setting, snowy valleys with ski resorts dotted about, an entrenched, passionate local ski culture, charming ...

Slovenia boasts soaring alpine peaks to rival anywhere in Europe; world-class hiking to match with more than 10,000km of marked and maintained trails that cover various levels of difficulty. Serious ...

Mountains are an integral part of Slovenia’s identity. Its highest peak, Triglav, is even etched onto the national flag and ...

While the Alps is known primarily as a winter playground, the mountain range is emerging as a summer destination. New and discounted rail links across Europe are making the peaks an attractive no-fly ...

A prized hunting ground of the Austro-Hungarian aristocracy, Slovenia's Julian Alps enjoyed a second vogue in the 1960s, when the likes of Agatha Christie and Jean-Paul Sartre holidayed among their ...

Planetmountain.com is a site about climbing, mountaineering, trekking, via ferrata, freeriding, ski mountaineering, snowboarding, snowshoeing, and ice climbing on all the mountains of the world. It ...

Plan a day trip from Ljubljana to Lake Bled, and you'll soon see why it is a must-add to any Slovenia travel itinerary. Lake Bled is among the most beautiful, Instagram-worthy destinations—some would ...

Two Austrian mountaineers have died while attempting to summit a 2,500-metre (8,200-foot) peak in Italy's Julian Alps, the mountain rescue service of the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region bordering Austria ...